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Ningning of aespa looks towards the cameras at the photo wall of the 2024 Melon Music Awards on 30 November 2024, in a black dress.Ningning닝닝
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Ningning

닝닝

Ningning (닝닝) is a member of aespa, the four-member girl group under SM Entertainment. The group debuted on 17 November 2020 with the single 'Black Mamba', and Ningning was introduced as its third member on 29 October 2020.

Group
aespa
Agency
SM Entertainment
Debut
17 November 2020
Born
23 October 2002

Who is Ningning?

Ningning (닝닝) is a member of aespa, the four-member girl group under SM Entertainment. The group debuted on 17 November 2020 with the single ‘Black Mamba’. SM Entertainment introduced the members one a day in the run-up to that debut, and Newsis and CBS Nocut News reported on 29 October 2020 that Ningning was the third, and that she holds Chinese nationality. aespa’s Japanese official site gives her birth date as 23 October 2002.

From the debut the group came with a world-view in which each member is linked, through a “SYNK”, to her own avatar in a virtual world, called ae-aespa; Ningning has her own counterpart in it.

What to watch

The official aespa YouTube channel and SMTOWN are the place to start. K-Culture Radar links to official uploads rather than rehosting them, so those channels are where to watch.

Timeline

  1. Release

    Unit songs 'Serenade' and 'Lollipop' out on SYNK : aeXIS LINE

    'Serenade' by Karina and Winter and 'Lollipop' by Giselle and Ningning came out at 6 p.m. KST.

    Explainer · Read the story
Group

aespa

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Groups

aespa

SM Entertainment

aespa are a four-member girl group under SM Entertainment — Karina, Giselle, Winter and Ningning — who debuted on 17 November 2020 with the single 'Black Mamba'. Their second full-length album LEMONADE followed on 29 May 2026, and the official fan club is called MY.

Stories

K-popTrend signal: Rising

Karina's Solo Set at Waterbomb Seoul 2026: 'GOOD STUFF' and 'UP'

Karina of aespa performed solo at Waterbomb Seoul 2026 on 25 July 2026, on the outdoor Global Stage at KINTEX in Goyang. She sang her solo songs 'GOOD STUFF' and 'UP' among others, Waterbomb's official channel posted the 'GOOD STUFF' set, and it was her second year in a row after 2025.

K-popTrend signal: Surging

aespa's Second Full-Length Album 'LEMONADE': No. 9 on the Billboard 200

aespa's second full-length album LEMONADE entered the US Billboard 200 at number nine. Two weeks after release its cumulative album sales were counted at 1,037,190 copies, making it the group's eighth million-seller. Here is what the record is.

Translated from the Korean original.

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